Form 6 modification not approved by us: Judges NEW DELHI, Oct 5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission and the Centre seeking responses in a week on a plea challenging the manner in which the...

Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today called upon agricultural engineers and innovators to prioritise practical, accessible and farmer-centric technologies so that advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and smart farming translate into tangible improvements in the...

150 flown to Bagdogra, another 150 to be sent tomorrow Back-to-back action against illegal immigrants Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Oct 5: A total of 600 Bangladeshi nationals putting up illegally in the Union Territory, majority in Kashmir and very small numbers...

Both countries support meaningful efforts for peace NEW DELHI, Oct 5: India and Switzerland on Monday signed a migration and mobility partnership pact, decided to expand Swiss market access for Indian exports and agreed to further deepen cooperation in nuclear...

Irfan Tramboo SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Majority of the public sector enterprises in Jammu and Kashmir failed to hold minimum required board meetings during 2022-23 as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found major corporate governance lapses in the PSEs. With...

23 officials including 18 retirees found guilty Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 5: The Government has ordered an in-depth departmental inquiry against five serving officials after a committee investigating alleged misappropriation of Government funds in a NABARD-funded road project in Shopian...

NEW DELHI, Oct 5: The BJP on Monday announced the names of eight candidates, including Minister Dharam Pal Singh, for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp   The other seven candidates are...

Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 5: The Public Works (R&B) Department has found a Junior Engineer accused in an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) case guilty of "gross misconduct" and failure to maintain "absolute integrity", while rejecting an earlier departmental inquiry report and...

Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, Oct 5 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today reiterated...

Welcomes SC notice to ECI over decisions of CEC Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 5: National Conference president and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today said the J&K Government was functioning under "extremely difficult circumstances" with severely limited powers under...

Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 5: Sukhnandan Choudhary, former Minister, J&K, called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, today. A group of Indian Forest Service officers of the 2024 batch also called on Lieutenant Governor. They were accompanied by Dr MK Kumar,...

Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today described the Jammu and Kashmir Common Duct Policy 2026 as a major step towards modernising urban infrastructure, improving utility management and creating cleaner and more orderly cityscapes across Jammu and...

NEW DELHI, Oct 6: India's only World Cup-winning women's cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday stepped down from her position in all three formats, saying that she has done her duty as leader and is now "ready to play for...

LUCKNOW, Oct 5: The option of opening with Sanju Samson or the lure to field teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be head coach Gautam Gambhir's biggest headache as a confident Indian team, fresh from its Asian Games exploits take on a gutsy...

Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 5: The Jammu & Kashmir Masters Games Association (JKMGA) held its Annual General Meeting to finalise preparations for the 3rd J&K Masters Games, scheduled to be held in Jammu from November 22 to 24, 2026,...

Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 5: A delegation of the Jammu Sports Journalists Association (JSJA) today called on Director General, Youth Services and Sports, J&K, Anuradha Gupta and discussed various welfare measures and initiatives for the development of sports in...

Vijay Hashia iamvhashia@gmail.com On 25 September 2026, in the ongoing autumn Assembly session, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's moved a formal resolution seeking the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The resolution also referred to the Assembly's earlier Autonomy...

Partition of India Dr. Rakesh Bahl rbrakeshbahl@gmail.com The Partition of India in 1947 is remembered as the moment when British rule ended and two independent dominions, India and Pakistan, were born. But, that is only one side of the story....

Remembering Narendra Khajuria O P Sharma opsharmajournalist@gmail.com Narendra Khajuria, noted short story writer, had distinction of being first to get prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in Dogri in 1970 for his book: "Neela Amber, Kale Badal" a collection of his selected...

Brig Advitya Madan advityanidhi14@gmail.com The Iran war has exposed a paradox at the heart of the emerging international order: American power can be weakened without an alternative power being ready to replace it. Washington has paid a substantial military and...